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2002
TranPlan 21 Update
Montana's Multimodal
Transportation Plan
Policy Goals & Actions
State of Montana
Department of Transportation
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Action A.4. Conduct quarterly meetings with rail
industry representatives, monitor developments
in the industry, and work with the industry where
possible to preserve the existing rail system.
Action A.5. Update the State rail plan to identify
potential highway and rail service impacts arising
from structural change in the rail industry, and
define governmental actions to address them that
will support economic development.
Adopted Tran Plan 21 Action A.6. Provide technical support to Montana
communities and airport operators to preserve
Policy Goals and Actions: the federal Essential Air Service program in
cooperation with the Governor's Task Force.
Economic Development B. Monitor and address capacity needs
Preserve the efficient functioning arising from Montana's economic growth trends.
of the transportation system used by Montana's • Action B.l. Specify strategic development
export-oriented ("basic") industries to access transportation linkages based on emerging travel
regional, national, and international markets. demands and findings from the Highway
• Action A.l. Work with Montana industry and Reconfiguration Study.
shippers on a continuing basis to identify • Action B.2. Identify and address deficiencies in
infrastructure, regulatory, and administrative the strategic transportation network.
barriers to their efficient use of the • Action B.3. Consider economic development in
transportation system. the evaluation for prioritizing and scoping
• Action A.2. Use input from A.l and technical highway reconstruction projects.
analysis to identify the freight mobility needs of
Montana's basic industry on the segments of the GOAL C. Support state and local economic
state highway system where growth is forecast development initiatives to maximize new economic
and specify strategies for addressing these needs. opportunities.
• Action A.3. Continue to provide state-level • Action C.l. Support business retention,
leadership and pursue opportunities in regional recruiting, and other related activities of the
initiatives to increase the productivity of the Governor's Office of Economic Opportunity.
motor carrier industry. • Action C.2. Establish an economic opportunities
program to help fund roadway projects that
support business attraction and retention efforts.
GOAL SETTING AND ACTION DEVELOPMENT APPROACH • Action C.3. Coordinate with and provide support
to local economic development initiatives.
Obtainspublic • Action C.4. Identify airport improvements and
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Monitors/evaluates input/identifiesissues. statewide aviation strategies that will support
effectivenessof MultipleMethods. economic development as part of Montana's
existinggoals/actions.
continuous statewide aviation planning process.
Products • Action C.5. Provide state-level leadership to
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and reliability for out-of-state air travel.
Considerscurrent • Action C.6. Participate in multi-state and regional
andfuturesystem Evaluatessystem initiatives that facilitate international trade by
conditions. performanceand
identifying and addressing bottlenecks.
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TranPlan 21
TranPlan 21, Montana's long-range transportation plan, is part o.
an ongoing process that regularly identifies transportation issues,
evaluates public and stakeholder needs and priorities, and
establishes and implements policy goals and actions. This process
guides MDT in the development and management of a multimodal
transportation system that connects Montana residents and
communities to each other and the world.
MDT developed the original TranPlan 21 in 1994 and 1995. This
brochure summarizes the policy goals and actions developed during
the 2002 update of TranPlan 21. For a complete copy of TranPlan 21,
visit MDT's website at www.mdt.state.mt.us or call 800-714-7296.
MDT's Mission is to:
Serve the public by providing a transportation system and services
that emphasize quality, safety, cost effectiveness, economic vitality
and sensitivity to the environment.
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Support the tourism industry • Action A.6. Address safety requirements,
through promoting access to recreational, including both driver fatigue and personal safety,
historical, cultural, and scenic destinations. in updates to the Rest Area Plan.
• Action D.l. Promote tourism through improved • Action A.7. Conduct a study of pedestrian safety
rest areas and co-location oftravel information conditions and needs.
centers. • Action A.8. Continue to monitor and evaluate
• Action D.2. Support state and local agencies to animal and vehicle crash mitigation research
market tourist travel and tourist routes. methods and projects in Montana.
• Action D.3. Coordinate with federal agencies,
tribal governments, neighboring states, and Provide leadership and coordinate
Canadian provinces. with other Montana agencies to improve traveler
safety.
Develop MDT's organizational • Action B.l. Establish and maintain high-level
capacity to support economic development. statewide inter-agency coordination to improve
• Action E.l. Strengthen MDT's capability to traveler safety and develop an agenda for action.
support economic development. • Action B.2. Provide leadership and support to
• Action E.2. Communicate MDT's role in economic implement the results of Action B.l.
development, opportunities for Montana firms to • Action B.3. Continue providing ongoing
do business with MDT, economic development leadership in air traveler safety.
performance objectives, and associated
accomplishments. Access Management
• Action E.3. Monitor and evaluate economic Improve corridor level access
development-driven travel demands and assess management to preserve the highway system.
the investments required to address them as part • Action A.l. Establish an MDT Access Management
of the ongoing planning process.
Manual.
• Action E.4. Conduct outreach to representatives • Action A.2. Develop and implement approach
of mining industries. standards as identified in the 1999 Access
• Action E.5. Provide technical support and Management Project final report.
information so that economic development needs • Action A.3. Establish an Access Management Plan
are considered in MPO planning, MDT corridor that identifies and helps preserve priority corridors.
planning, and project development. • Action A.4. Communicate the performance
• Action E.6. Examine route signing and benefits arising from an access management
designation statewide to identify methods to
policy.
support trade and economic development efforts.
Land Use Planning
Traveler Safety
Provide technical support and
Reduce the number and severity of
leadership to encourage localjurisdictions to
traffic crashes on Montana's roadways. support transportation corridor preservation and
• Action A.l. Review and strengthen the procedures management through their land use planning and
for identifying and defining safety deficiencies and development permitting authority.
needs at the project planning and development • Action A.l. Work with localjurisdictions to create a
levels by establishing a "reconstruction with "tool kit" of actions that they can take to support
safety" improvements category. corridor preservation through their development
• Action A.2. Conduct a highway safety management review and land use planning authority.
self-assessment and implement the recommendations. • Action A.2. Work with localjurisdictions in the
• Action A.3. Implement the 1999 Access early identification of urban and rural corridors
Management Project recommendations for under development pressure.
approach permits as a priority and the other • Action A.3. Continue to support local government
components ofthe recommended program. transportation planning activities and ensure new
• Action A.4. Consider results of the 2002 Montana urban areas have transportation plans to guide
Bicycle Safety Study in addressing bicycle safety system development.
issues. • Action A.4. Maintain MDT's capability to provide
• Action A.5. Conduct an assessment of the Safety land use driven travel demand forecasting for MPOs.
Management System information collection and
reporting needs to improve efforts to address
traveler safety issues.
Consistently apply MDT's Systems • Action B.5. Make selected bicycle and pedestrian
Impact Action Process to ensure developers improvements in urban areas as a congestion
equitably mitigate their impacts to the highway managementand airqualityimprovementstrategy.
system. • Action B.6. Maintain consistent bicycle and
• Action B.l. Provide technical support to local pedestrian friendly design and maintenance
governments in developing funding partnerships standards.
to accelerate project development.
• Action B.2. Explore and develop tools to Roadway System Performance
equitably distributed improvement costs on
Establish explicit priorities for
developing corridors regardless of sequencing of
roadway improvements.
the developments.
First Priority - Preservation of Montana's Existing
• Action B.3. Provide training and support on
Highway System
application of access management and Systems
Second Priority - Capacity Expansion and Mobility
Impact Action Process to local governments and
Improvement
MDT staff.
Third Priority - Other Improvements
• Action A.l. Enhance the Performance
Bicycle and Pedestrian Programming Process (P3) to strengthen the link
Transportation between policy and planning goals and project
selection.
Institutionalize bicycle and
pedestrian modes. • Action A.2. Provide and disseminate
• Action A.l. Continue the MDT Bicycle and transportation system performance information.
Pedestrian program. • Action A.3. Regularly update the cost allocation
• Action A.2. Work with the Department of study to ensure equity in user fees and include
Commerce to maintain bicycle-related tourist analysis of Secondary Highway System use.
guides and information. • Action A.4. Assist localjurisdictions to improve
their pavement management practices and to
• Action A.3. Assist other units of government to
support their use of pavement management
provide transportation facilities that encourage
systems.
or consider use by bicyclists and pedestrians.
• Action A.4. Prepare and disseminate public
service announcements addressing bicycle and Preserve mobility for people
and industry in Montana.
pedestrian safety.
• Action A.5. Consider results of the 2002 Montana • Action B.l. Establish criteria (goals and
guidelines) to determine when to add
Bicycle Safety Study in addressing bicycle safety
capacity as part of reconstruction
issues.
projects.
• Action A.6. Develop an updated bicycle and
• Action B.2. Establish and prototype a
pedestrian use baseline.
process and guidelines for developing
corridor-level strategies that address
Target bicycle and pedestrian
reconstruction needs.
improvements to account for differences in current
• Action B.3. Establish and implement
and future use.
• Action B.l. Identify the most significant bicycle proactive corridor preservation in Y
corridors forecast to have capacity
routes designated through metropolitan planning
constraints over the next twenty years.
organization and urban areas plans and selected
rural "touring routes" with the greatest demand • Action B.4. Inform local planning and
or potential demand as the basis for planning development officials of the State's desire
and system improvement decisions. to preserve key transportation corridors,
encourage and assist localjurisdictions to
• Action B.2. Establish a consistent planning
approach and design guidelines for incorporating address right-of-way preservation in local land
use plans, access management programs, and to
bicycle and pedestrian facilities into highway
improvement projects. support MDT objectives for these transportation
corridors.
• Action B.3. Consider further bicycle and
• Action B.5. Pursue advanced acquisition of right
pedistrian improvements based upon proven use
or expected future use. of-way (fee simple or less than fee simple) on
highways that are currently congested and
• Action B.4. Improve bicycle and pedestrian
facilities in Montana through incorporation in forecasts indicate will be congested in the next
twenty years.
existing projects.
• Action B.6. Develop a Context Sensitive Design
tool kit to support project development.
Roadway System Performance cont'd
jOAL i Improve the productivity of the i. Preserve existing intercity public
roadway system. transportation service and encourage/facilitate the
• Action C.l. Include consideration of public transit development of new services.
needs in updates to the Geometric Design • Action B.l. Promote the use of, and communicate
Standards and identify criteria and locations for the availability of Section 5311(f) funds for
transit supportive design. intercity passenger service.
• Action C.2. Identify and deploy cost-effective • Action B.2. Support the provision of intercity bus
Intelligent Transportation Systems applications to service through TransADE.
improve safety and system productivity. • Action B.3. Work to improve intermodal
• Action C.3. Encourage the metropolitan planning passenger facilities.
organization areas to include enhanced traffic • Action B.4. Coordinate with Amtrak, the
control and management systems in their long- Congressional delegation, and others to facilitate
range plans. increased use of rail and preserve existing service
• Action C.4. Strengthen MDT's traffic operations levels.
capability to reduce delay and improve travel • Action B.5. Ensure that Montana's interests in
times through better traffic management. maintaining current and expanding passenger rail
service are addressed in any national decision-
Public Transportation making concerning increased Amtrak service.
Promote and support increased use
jOAL C. Work to improve service to social
of public transportation systems.
service passengers and the transportation
• Action A.l. Support local —
disadvantaged the elderly, children at risk, low
promotional/educational programs to publicize —
income, and persons with disabilities through
public transportation opportunities.
interagency coordination.
• Action A.2. Ensure highway improvements
• Action C.l. Improve state agencies and local
address public transportation needs.
provider cooperation in funding coordination.
• Action A.3. Continue to provide state-level
• Action C.2. Use TransADE funding as a medium
funding support for transit by providing a fixed
for improved coordination.
amount of funding for rural transit systems "off
• Action C.3. Work with the Public Service
the top" of Surface Transportation Program funds,
Commission to facilitate easier entry into
and transfer Urban Highway funds to transit at
passenger service provision (especially Medicaid
the request of local governments.
transportation).
• Action A.4. Coordinate state planning, urban area
and transit system development planning and
management. 3. Identify and implement
transportation demand management actions that
• Action A.5. Assist communities to establish
will work in Montana.
transit systems to meet future travel demands.
• Action D.l. Continue to work with metropolitan
• Action A.6. Monitor and report on transit system
planning organizations and urban areas to
performance using the public transportation
management system. include demand-side strategies in their plans.
• Action D.2. Work with other state agencies to
develop a transportation demand management
program for state government.
• Action D.3. Support the implementation of rural
ridesharing.
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